Outside the Original

An exciting project from James Finnigan of Hue and Cry and Stiltskin fame. They are a prog rock show performing the music of ELP, early Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Rush.

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£15

Straighten Out

The world’s premier Stranglers tribute band.

Venue:

The Grove, 1 St Michael's Rd, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1QU

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£10

Hometown Glory (candlelit concert)

The Award-winning Adele Tribute Starring Natalie Black.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£29.50

Shonen Knife

Legendary Japanese rock trio. Support from BMX Bandits and The Cords.

Venue:

Pop Recs Ltd, 172-175 High St W, Sunniside, Sunderland, SR1 1UP

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

13:30

Price:

£22

The Frank & Walters

Irish indie-rock legends.

Venue:

The Common Room, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£27.50

The Beatles By Candlelight

Featuring a cast of West End Singers and epic live band.

Venue:

Newcastle Cathedral, St. Nicholas Sq, Newcastle, NE1 1DF

Date:

Jun 7th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£30-£45

The Best Of Queen

Get ready to Break Free with the UK’s biggest Queen Tribute band – Majesty!

Venue:

The Forum Theatre, Queensway, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 2LJ

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £33.50

Taylormania

Katy Ellis, a self-obsessed ‘Swiftie’ with an incredible live band and dancers will deliver the most authentic recreation of a Taylor experience.

Venue:

Whitley Bay Playhouse, Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

18:00

Price:

£32.75

Mozart's Symphony No. 40

Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi is joined by singing royalty Véronique Gens and of course our very own Royal Northern Sinfonia. They'll play Schubert’s Overture in the Italian Style No.2, the tragic, unsettled world of Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, and Mozart’s stormy Symphony No. 40.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

15:00

Price:

£19-£46

Flook

Flook began in 1995 as a ground-breaking union of musicians and instruments. Together they spin tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£24.80

Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone

This high-energy performance is a heartfelt dedication to recreating the transformative sound that blended popular tunes of the era into a distinctive fusion of jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music.

Venue:

Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

14:00

Price:

£21.50

Soulutions

Th UK's premier live original soul band - featuring the incredible voice of Louise Mehan.

Venue:

PILGRIM, 54 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, NE1 6SF

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

16:00

Price:

£21.20adv

Come Together Festival: Kings of Leon

Support from an incredible roster of special guests, including Courteeners and the recently announced Reytons, The Snuts, The Cribs, Nieve Ella, Luvcat, Chloe Slater, Du Blonde, Overpass, Tom A. Smith, The Rosadocs, Lucia & The Best Boys, Kerr Mercer, Girlband!, Aaron Rowe, Real Farmer, Liam Fender, Basht., Dolder and Cortney Dixon!

Venue:

Town Moor, Off The Great North Road, Newcastle, NE5 3JW

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

12:00

Price:

From £72.80

Nick Mulvey

Musician, composer and producer, Nick Mulvey’s work pushes boundaries in songwriting and sound, in music both traditional and experimental, acoustic and electronic.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 8th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£32.50

Billy Ocean

Following the 40th anniversary of his landmark album Suddenly, Billy Ocean heads out on ‘The Very Best of Billy Ocean’ tour, which will see him perform all his great hits and fan favourites.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Jun 9th 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

£96.48adv

Twinnie

Known for her vibrant pop productions, powerful vocals, and emotive storytelling country lyricism, Twinnie’s boundary-pushing blend of pop-country focuses on inclusivity and realism.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 9th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£20

Culloden

High-Intensity Heavy Metal Band from Newcastle. Support from Spared an Endless Orbit and Archnarok.

Venue:

Little Buildings, 3-5 Stepney Bank, Newcastle, NE1 2PW

Date:

Jun 9th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£7

The Magic of Motown

Get ready for all the hits, glittering costumes, dazzling dance routines and outstanding musicianship in this breath-taking live concert spectacular.

Venue:

Darlington Hippodrome, Parkgate, Darlington, DL1 1RR

Date:

Jun 10th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£18.50-£36

The Get Up Kids

One of the most popular and influential of the second wave of emo bands that crested in the late '90s.

Venue:

Northumbria University Students’ Union, 2 Sandyford Rd, Newcastle, NE1 8SB

Date:

Jun 10th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£28.60adv

Iona Lane

Iona Lane’s beautifully subtle songsmithery is underpinned by a deep awe and wonder for the natural world – the poetic depth in her lyrics and music becomes a natural force of its own.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Jun 10th 2025

Time:

19:45

Price:

£15

mssv

The band, composed of guitarist Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges on drums and mike watt on bass, creates music that is a heretofore unimagined hybrid of a punk power-trio and a dreamy experimental rock band, though they prefer the term “post-genre.”

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 10th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£19.80

Dikembe

Thrilling, atmospheric indie band known for their anthemic melodies, inspirational sound and dramatic intros.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 10th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£18

Bôa

In 1998, British alt-rock band bôa dropped their breakout single “Duvet,” a sweeping anthem that went on to soundtrack the Japanese cult-classic anime Serial Experiments Lain.

Venue:

Riverside, 1 The Close, Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3RQ

Date:

Jun 11th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£25.76

Bôa

Viral sensation Bôa bring their hypnotising sounds on tour this Summer.

Venue:

Newcastle University Students Union, Kings Road, Newcastle, NE2 4NL

Date:

Jun 11th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£25.30adv

Jeremy McMurray and the Pocket Jazz Orchestra

The fantastic Pocket Jazz Orchestra led by Jeremy McMurray are back with an evening of relaxing jazz music.

Venue:

Arc, Dovecot Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LL

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£13.50

The Robert Cray Band

Considered one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, Cray’s soulful and creative guitar work has been a dominant force in blues for over forty years, widely recognized and acknowledged by peers and audiences alike.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£45-£56.30

Janice Burns & Jon Doran

Anglo-Scottish duo, Janice & Jon's songs tell vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world.

Venue:

The Straw Yard, Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1DF

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

19:30 - 21:00

Price:

£15/£13.50 (early bird)

The F Word: Holly & The Reivers

Firmly rooted in the folk song tradition, the trio’s signature sound is comprised of their individual roots within Welsh song, political ballads and Scottish fiddle.

Venue:

Black Swan Bar, Newcastle Arts Centre, 69 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SG

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£10adv/£12otd

GA-20

Since 2018, GA-20 has been at the forefront of a traditional Blues revival.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£17.50

Fresh Thursday // Lo Vu + Alice Kim

Formed from the vibrant scene offered by the city of Leeds, Lo Vu is the new project of guitarist and producer Ben Haskins. Alice Kim might be carving her path in the world of alternative-indie and RnB, but her sound is universal: intimate, relatable and unapologetically human.

Venue:

Cobalt Studios Ltd, 10-16 Boyd Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AP

Date:

Jun 12th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£8-£15

R.AE.M

Rapid Aye Movement are a North East based band focused on reproducing the sound and energy of R.E.M.

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£10

Foxing

A band from St. Louis, Missouri. Their new album balances hopefulness and nihilism, the pastoral with the tumultuous, oscillating between visceral noise rock and intimate bedroom cassette experiments.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22.50

As We Were – The History Of Oasis

Performed by the UK’s Official Number One Oasis tribute band, Oasish.

Venue:

The Forum Theatre, Queensway, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 2LJ

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £26

Johnny Cash Roadshow

Award winning Clive John pays homage to Cash’s career as the Man In Black, alongside his iconic wife June Carter (Meghan Thomas) and a genuine top of the league band.

Venue:

Whitley Bay Playhouse, Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£32.45

The Specials Ltd

The world’s most authentic and original tribute to 2-Tone Records Legends, The Specials.

Venue:

The Witham, 3 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8YL

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£22.50

Betty Boo

Hip Hop pioneer and 90’s icon Betty Boo is a platinum-selling, Brit and Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter and rapper.

Venue:

KU, Prince Regent Street, Stockton, TS18 1DB

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£26

Mississippi MacDonald & Band

Expect a great night of superb Blues and R&B.

Venue:

The Forum Music Centre, Borough Road, Darlington, DL1 1SG

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£14

Jali Bakary Konteh + Dana Sipos

Jali Bakary is the latest torchbearer for his family’s kora legacy on the world stage. Acclaimed Canadian songwriter Dana Sipos inhabited the far north before going nomad and her captivatingly nuanced songs are filled with a wild wind and a haunting surrealism.

Venue:

Cobalt Studios Ltd, 10-16 Boyd Street, Newcastle, NE2 1AP

Date:

Jun 13th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£10-£14

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Shostakovich

It’s an edge-of-the-seat evening. From Grażyna Bacewicz’s Pensieri notturni (Night Thoughts) and Dmitri Shostakovich’s rule breaking Piano Concerto No. 1 to Tchaikovsky’s supercharged and sometimes frenzied Symphony No. 4.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£19-£46

T.Rextasy

The world’s only official live tribute band dedicated to T.Rex.

Venue:

The Forum Theatre, Queensway, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, TS23 2LJ

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £29.50

CODA: A tribute to Led Zeppelin

Venue:

Whitley Bay Playhouse, Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£26.75

Smote

Once a solo endeavor by Daniel Foggin, now expanded to a fuller ensemble blends traditional instrumentation — creaking strings, funeral drums, somber winds — with thunderous synth work and desolate guitar to craft drone and dirge.

Venue:

The Cluny, 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£12.50

Dunes

Stoner rock/alt-rock band based in Newcastle.

Venue:

The Cluny 2, 34 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£8

Butler, Blake and Grant

Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three established and respected musicians. Norman, a centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub, Bernard, renowned for his production and songwriting with myriad artists and James, best known as the songsmith of Love And Money.

Venue:

The Glasshouse, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2YR

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£33.20

Thank You For The Music

The Ultimate Tribute to ABBA.

Venue:

Tyne Theatre and Opera House, 111 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£29.50-£37.50

10CCLO

The world’s only tribute to both the legendary 10CC and ELO.

Venue:

Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NP

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£19

The Beat Boutique presents Symphonic Ibiza Live!

Symphonic Ibiza, curated by the dynamic DJ and Producer Andy Joyce, along with the accomplished composer and musical director Steve Etherington, bring you an unforgettable fusion of iconic Ibiza dance anthems, live vocals, a sensational DJ, and an exhilarating live Orchestra.

Venue:

The Middlesbrough Empire, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2RT

Date:

Jun 14th 2025

Time:

17:00

Price:

From £20

James Bond Concert Spectacular

Formed in 2004 as the world’s first dedicated tribute to the music of 007, they have become known for their stirring emotional and adrenaline-fueled performances, mixed in with superb musicianship and flair.

Venue:

Tyne Theatre and Opera House, 111 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

£26-£34.50

Holly Johnson: Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Music legend Holly Johnson celebrates the 40th anniversary of Welcome To The Pleasuredome, the groundbreaking debut album from Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Venue:

O2 City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle, NE1 8SF

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

18:30

Price:

£41.35adv

The Bootleg Eagles

Every harmony, guitar lick & hook, are performed with the outstanding musicianship, accuracy & intimacy they deserve.

Venue:

Wylam Brewery, Palace of Arts, Exhibition Park, Newcastle, NE2 4PZ

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£17-£20

Hannah Brine Quartet

Singer songwriter Hannah Brine brings the gorgeous songs from her forthcoming album Blue Sky Now to The Globe. Inspired by the Great American Songbook, with a voice & song writing style likened to Carole King, Norah Jones and Rumer, Hannah writes and performs lush ballads and lively jazz anthems, telling tales of growth and change, of life & loss, all destined to be modern classics.

Venue:

The Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle, NE4 7AD

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

20:00

Price:

£12adv/£14otd/under 25s £7

Pasadena Roof Orchestra

Step back in time with the UK’s favourite dance band as they bring the glamour and charm of the roaring 1920s and the elegant 1930s to life.

Venue:

Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 1PQ

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

19:00

Price:

£26

Orchestra North East: Dvorak New World Symphony

A Central-European themed concert with a programme of Smetana, Wieniawski and Dvořák.

Venue:

Gala Theatre, Millennium Place, Durham, DH1 1WA

Date:

Jun 15th 2025

Time:

15:00

Price:

£18/£16/£ student/£1 under 18s

JD McPherson

Rolling Stone has described his music as “timeless, forward-thinking rock & roll.”

Venue:

The Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3HA

Date:

Jun 17th 2025

Time:

19:30

Price:

From £23